Justin Wagner enters his second season at Murray State College in 2024-25. Wagner just completed his first season as the Head Cross Country Coach of Murray State College in the inaugural season for the program. In just the second cross country event of the season, the Aggie men’s team won first place at the Carl Albert State College XC Meet. The Murray State College cross country teams set 12 PRs at Regionals, had runners win three individual medals throughout the season, and had a runner win the NJCAA DII Runner of the Week Award. The Aggie men’s cross country team finished the season as the No. 1 junior college in Oklahoma, while the women’s team finished as the No. 2 team. Both Murray State College Cross Country teams qualified for Nationals and finished in the top third of the country. Meanwhile, the Lady Aggies Cross Country team was also named a NJCAA All-Academic Team for their success in the classroom as well.
Wagner arrived in Tishomingo back in August of 2023 with seven years of coaching and recruiting experience and has served as men's basketball assistant along with Sports Information Director duties since his arrival at Murray State. He began recruiting cross country student athletes dating back to his time at Eastern Nazarene College in 2016. Wagner worked as an enrollment counselor at Eastern Nazarene, then Assistant Sports Information Director at Lyon College, as well as Assistant Athletic Director for External Affairs at Arkansas-Monticello and serving as a men's basketball assistant coach.
